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Part 20, Part 20, wherefore art thou Part 20…?

Stanley Gibbons' Latin American catalogues have not been published since 2007/8

It is now ten years since Stanley Gibbons printed the fourth and current edition of their ‘Part 20’ South America stamp catalogue. And the separate ‘Part 15’ that covers Central […]

15th February 2018Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment2

Bookshelf Essentials Part II – The Central American Newsletter

Central American Newsletter

Although The Mainsheet covered all twenty republics, its focus was primarily on South America. In 1980, under the editorship of Bernard Davies, The Central American Newsletter was launched as a […]

14th December 2017Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment7

Bookshelf Essentials – The Mainsheet

The Mainsheet

If there is one thing philatelists are not short of it is reading material. Decades of book publishing has produced a wealth of literature on every subject imaginable and each […]

13th December 2017Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment2

Book Review – Introducing Venezuela’s Escuelas Stamps by Williams Castillo

Introducing Venezuela's Escuelas

Before we get to the content, I should point out that the beauty of this book is the author’s skill for taking a complicated subject and making it very simple […]

20th December 2016Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment0

Scott Specialized adds another 67 listings to Venezuela

Venezuela AR39 stamp

It’s taken a while but Scott is now recognizing Venezuela’s postal fiscals (or postage and revenue stamps) in the 2017 edition of its Classic Specialized Catalogue. This bumps up the […]

20th November 2016Categories PublicationsLeave a Comment0

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